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ばれるbareruバレるBAREru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.) (behavior)
  • to get away (fish)
かじかkajikaとふぎょtofugyoカジカKAJIKA

noun:

  • sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb)
  • Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
いしょくたりてれいせつをしるishokutaritereisetsuwoshiru

expression:

  • the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite - proverb
ひとしきりhitoshikiri

adverb / ~の noun:

  • for a while; for some time; for a period

ジョンJONhaペルーPERUUについてnitsuiteひとしきりhitoshikiriしゃべれるshabereruんだnda John can really talk a blue streak about Peru.

かいきょうkaikyou

noun:

  • prefatory sutra - Buddhism term
  • opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra
しゃれにならないshareninaranaiシャレにならないSHAREninaranai Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
あきないはうしのよだれakinaihaushinoyodare

expression:

  • one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term
せんたんsentan

noun:

  • pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve)
  • forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge

ヨーロッパYOOROPPAtoアフリカAFURIKAno西海岸nishikaiganwoとおりすぎtoorisugiアフリカAFURIKA南部nanbuno先端sentanまでmadeとびますtobimasu Past the west coasts of Europe and Africa to the tip of southern Africa.

おつとめotsutome

noun:

  • one's business - archaism - polite language
  • reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha
  • bargain; discount
  • money paid to a prostitute or geisha
ささらこsasarakoささらのこsasaranoko

noun:

  • notched bamboo rod rubbed with an implement similar to a bamboo whisk (used as a percussion instrument)
  • wooden vertical batten
ちょりゅうchoryuu Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • accumulation; retention; collection; sequestration (as in carbon dioxide sequestration); storage (usually a liquid, e.g. rainwater, or behind a dam.)
おもちかえりomochikaeri

noun:

  • one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc. - slang
  • takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away - polite language 持ち帰り【もちかえり】
ピンフPINFUピンホーPINHOO

noun:

  • concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait - Mahjong term - From Chinese
はなかるたhanakarutaはなカルタhanaKARUTA

noun:

  • hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) 花札
せいぜいseizei

adverb:

  • at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible

watashihaせいぜいseizei1000えんenしかshika持っていないmotteinai I didn't have more than 1,000 yen.

しゅうへんshuuhen

noun:

  • circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
  • (computer) peripheral - IT term

北極圏hokkyokukenとはtoha北極hokkyoku周辺shuuhenno地域chiikinokotoであるdearu The Arctic is the area round the North Pole.

おおくらしょうookurashou

noun:

  • (former) Ministry of Finance (1869-2001) 財務省
  • Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system) 律令制

大蔵省ookurashouno役人yakuninha景気回復keikikaifukuheno信頼shinraiwoよりyori高めようtakameyouとしましたtoshimashita Finance Ministry officials tried to boost confidence in recovery.

はっぽうhappou

noun:

  • all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions
  • large hanging lantern 八方行灯

トムTOMUha八方happouふさがりfusagarino状態joutaida Tom is caught between a rock and a hard place.

じょのくちjonokuchi

noun:

  • the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning") 序の口
  • lowest division in sumo - Sumo term
しちけんshichiken

noun:

竿ひゃくせきかんとうhyakusekikantouひゃくしゃくかんとうhyakushakukantou

noun:

  • the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain - four character idiom
えんりょきんゆうenryokin'yuu

noun:

  • Failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term - four character idiom
はっぴゃくやちょうhappyakuyachou

noun:

  • the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other - four character idiom
殿きゅうちゅうさんでんkyuuchuusanden

noun:

  • the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace
たいしゅうぶんかtaishuubunka

noun:

  • mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)

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